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Botticelli’s jokes and the quarrelsome, creative spirit of Florence

It was a city in constant turmoil that nurtured the glories of the Renaissance

2 April 2016

9:00 AM

2 April 2016

9:00 AM

Once, it seems, Sandro Botticelli played a trick on a neighbour. Next door was a weaver who possessed eight looms. He and his assistants kept these in constant use, creating such a judder-ing racket that the poor painter was unable to concentrate on his pictures. Botticelli implored this fellow to reduce the noise, but to no avail.

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